One thing is for sure, though: the markets will pay attention to what government officials do, not what they say.

Treasury securities fell in price as the market paid no attention to economic data that usually support prices.

Within a few years the German market paid a good price for venison.

Those ships can turn around if one market will pay much more than another for gas.

Junior signed for less money, a mere $116.5 million, than the open market would have paid.

The market is paying about $1 a share to buy puts and calls on 3Com.

The smaller a company's future supply, the less the market will pay.

But then, he said, the market "didn't pay any attention to the figures."

He said that the market had not paid enough attention to these factors.

"The recording industry wants all this enforcement, but they want the market to pay for it," he said.